| 单词 | waist |
| 释义 | waist (once / 330 pages) n On a human, the waist is the narrowing between the ribs and the hips –- though for many of us, "narrowing" may actually be "expanding." Waist can also refer to the part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist — like the waist (or waistline) of a dress or a jacket. Most likely you know these most common definitions of waist, but did you know that a waist can also be the narrow part of a shoe, or of a violin? Don’t confuse the definition of waist with waste, though the words have the same pronunciation. WORD FAMILYwaist: waists USAGE EXAMPLESI am terrified, as my mother became paralyzed from the waist down with neuropathy that began in the feet due to diabetes. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Buying clothes with a 68 waist was humiliating. New York Times(May 02, 2016) Three vertebrae were broken, and she was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down and in a coma for a time. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) 1n the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips Syn|Hypo|Hyper waistline wasp waist a very slender waist area, region a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve 2n the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole Syn|Hyper shank part, portion something less than the whole of a human artifact |
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